Comments on: IBM 1001 DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/29/ibm-1001-data-transmission-system/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shelly http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/29/ibm-1001-data-transmission-system/comment-page-1/#comment-1054749 Shelly Mon, 12 May 2008 15:42:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4371#comment-1054749 my mom and her sisters used to roll these punch cards into cones, spray paint them red and make poinsettia wreaths out of them. i miss the kitschy crafts of the late 60s. my mom and her sisters used to roll these punch cards into cones, spray paint them red and make poinsettia wreaths out of them. i miss the kitschy crafts of the late 60s.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/29/ibm-1001-data-transmission-system/comment-page-1/#comment-1054044 Toronto Thu, 01 May 2008 03:42:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4371#comment-1054044 I got a kick out of the 1949-design model 026 keypunch on the other end. To be fair, it was almost the Checker Cab of IT - it wasn't replaced by IBM until the model 029 in the sixties. (no, I wasn't a nerd. I was an Air Cadet nerd.) I got a kick out of the 1949-design model 026 keypunch on the other end.

To be fair, it was almost the Checker Cab of IT – it wasn’t replaced by IBM until the model 029 in the sixties.

(no, I wasn’t a nerd. I was an Air Cadet nerd.)

]]> By: Casandro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/29/ibm-1001-data-transmission-system/comment-page-1/#comment-1053990 Casandro Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:09:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4371#comment-1053990 Actually in some areas like pharmacy those were in use till the early 90s. Actually in some areas like pharmacy those were in use till the early 90s.

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